EP3258709A1 - Dispositif électronique, dispositifs périphériques et leur procédé de commande - Google Patents
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- a peripheral device such as a remote controller often includes a microphone as the function such as a voice recognition, etc. is added to a remote controller.
- an electronic device including a first speaker configured to output a first audio signal, a second speaker configured to output a second audio signal, a communicator configured to communicate with a peripheral device, and a processor configured to receive information related to the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received from the peripheral device which receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal and to determine the distance to and the direction of the peripheral device with reference to the electronic device based on the received information.
- the processor may also output the first audio signal and the second audio signal simultaneously according to a predetermined event, and determine the distance and the direction based on the first time information and the second time information which are obtained from the received information and which indicate the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received in the peripheral device, respectively, and fourth information which indicates the time at which the event occurs.
- the peripheral device may include a first external speaker and a second external speaker, and in response to determining that the second external speaker is positioned closer to a target position corresponding to the first external speaker than the first external speaker based on the information related to the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received from the first external speaker and the second external speaker, respectively, the processor may provide movement information of the second external speaker which is for arranging the second external speaker at the target position corresponding to the first external speaker, and in response to the second external speaker being arranged at the target position corresponding to the first external speaker, the processor may transmit a control signal for operating the second external speaker as the first external speaker to the second external speaker.
- a method for controlling an electronic device including a first speaker and a second speaker including outputting a first audio signal and a second audio signal through the first speaker and the second speaker, receiving information related to the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received from a peripheral device which receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal, and determining a distance to and a direction of the peripheral device with reference to the electronic device based on the received information.
- the determining may include determining the distance and the direction based on first time information and second time information which are obtained from the received information and which indicate the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received in the peripheral device, respectively, and third time information which indicates a time difference between the time at which the reference signal is received and the time at which the first audio signal and the second audio signal are output.
- the communicator 120 may communicate with the peripheral device 200 including a microphone.
- the communicator 120 may communicate with the peripheral device 200 by various communication methods such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, IR (Infrared), serial interface, universal serial bus (USB), near field communicator (NFC), or the like.
- FIG. 3A is a block diagram illustrating a specific configuration of the electronic device illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the electronic device 100' may include the first speaker 111, the second speaker 112, the communicator 120, the processor 130, a display 140, a storage 150, an audio processor 160, a video processor 170 and a user interface 180.
- the detailed description for the elements which are overlapped with the elements illustrated in FIG. 2 will not be repeated.
- the graphic processor 134 may generate a screen including various objects such as an icon, an image, text, etc., which is, for example, a screen including a pointing object, using a computation unit (not illustrated) and a rendering unit (not illustrated).
- the computation unit (not illustrated) may calculate the attribute values such as coordinate values, a shape, a size, a size, color, etc. with which each object is displayed according to a layout of a screen based on a received control command.
- the rendering unit (not illustrated) may generate screens of various layouts which include an object based on the attribute values calculated by the computation unit (not illustrated).
- the screen generated in the rendering unit (not illustrated) may be displayed in a user interface area of the display 140.
- the processor 130 may calculate the position of the external device 200, which is the distance to and the direction of the external device 200, using the position calculation module 153 based on the value processed by the signal processing module 152.
- the processor 130 may display a 2D or 3D space layout including the devices connected to a home network, and provide the position of the peripheral device 200 in the space layout.
- the space layout may include the information on at least one of home devices connected to a home network, and the information may include the information for identifying a home device in the form of text (e.g., a name of a home device) or an image (e.g., an actual image or an exterior image of a home device, or an icon).
- the space layout may be made based on the information of the position and the device type of each home device.
- a virtual space layout may be created based on the position information and the device type of each home device connected to a home network, and the space layout may be updated based on the position information that is input whenever an existing home device is disconnected from the home network or a new home device is connected.
- the electronic device 100' may further include an audio processor 160 which processes audio data, a video processor 170 which processes video data, and a user interface 180 including a camera which photographs a still image or films a video and a microphone which receives a user voice or other sounds and converts the sounds into audio data, etc.
- the processor 130 may control the audio processor 160 to process the first audio signal and the second audio signal which are output through the first speaker 111 and the second speaker 112.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B are block diagrams illustrating a configuration of a peripheral device according to an example embodiment.
- the processor 230 may calculate the right distance by multiplying the time difference between the first time information and the third time information by a velocity value of an audio signal.
- the processor may calculate the left distance by multiplying the time difference between the second time information and the third time information by a velocity value of an audio signal.
- the processor 230 may determine the distance to and the direction of the electronic device 100 based on the calculated right and left distances.
- the embodiment is not limited to the above example, and according to another example embodiment, the processor 130 of the electronic device 100 may output the first audio signal and the second audio signal simultaneously according to a predetermined event after transmitting a signal requesting an audio signal recording to the external speaker 200.
- the operations of the processor 230 may be performed by the programs stored in the storage 240.
- a signal processing algorithm for processing a received signal may be stored.
- various data such as operating system (O/S) software for driving the electronic device 100, a signal processing algorithm for performing the calculations relating to various detection signals, etc. may be stored in the storage 240.
- O/S operating system
- the detail configuration of the processor 230 is similar to the configuration of the processor 130 of the electronic device 100' ( FIG. 3A ) and thus, the processor 230 will not be described in detail.
- peripheral device 200 is implemented as a pointing device according to an example embodiment, various sensors (e.g., an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, etc.) for sensing the movement of the peripheral device 200 may be further included.
- various sensors e.g., an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, etc.
- the processor 230 may perform various calculations according to diverse sensing signals.
- the processor 230 may perform a pre-processing to a sensor value received from various sensors and transmit the sensor values to the electronic device 100.
- the processor 230 may perform a pre-processing such as converting the sensor value converted into a digital value into an actual physical amount, adjusting each separate axes of the acceleration sensor, the geomagnetic sensor and the gyro sensor to one defined axis, removing electrical noises of the sensors and unintended high frequency movement through a low bandwidth pass filtering, and the like.
- the calculations may be performed according to the algorithm for processing a detected signal, and the calculated value may be transmitted to the electronic device 100.
- FIGS. 5 , 6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating a method for determining a distance to and a direction of a peripheral device according to various example embodiments.
- the peripheral device 200 may output a reference signal, which is a time reference signal, to the electronic device 100 and operate in a recording mode.
- the electronic device 100 which receives the reference signal may output a first audio signal and a second audio signal different from the first audio signal through a right and left speakers, and transmit to the peripheral device 200 the time information of the time difference D2 between the time at which the reference signal is received and the time at which the audio signal is output.
- the peripheral device 200 may obtain first audio signal S R and second audio signal S L from received audio signal S, and obtain the information of time points T R and T L at which each audio signals are received, respectively.
- the peripheral device 200 may calculate the distance to and the direction of the peripheral device 200 with reference to the electronic device 100 based on the value calculated by subtracting D2 from the time difference (D1 R ) between the time at which the reference signal is output and the time at which the first audio signal is received through a microphone, that is, D1 R - D2 (D1 R minus D2), and the value calculated by subtracting D2 from the time difference (D1 L ) between the time at which the reference signal is output and the time at which the second audio signal is received through a microphone, that is, D1 L - D2 (D1 L minus D2).
- the processor 230 may calculate distance L1 that is the distance to the left speaker 711 by multiplying D1 R - D2 by velocity value Vs (e.g., 340m/s) that is the velocity value of the audio signal, and calculate distance L2 that is the distance to the right speaker 712 by multiplying D1 L - D2 by the velocity value Vs.
- Vs e.g., 340m/s
- vertical distance L and direction ⁇ which are the vertical distance to and the direction of the electronic device 100, may be calculated based on the distance A.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating a service provided according to various example embodiments.
- a user wants to know the position of a movable peripheral device, which is, for example, the position of a remote controller, the user can select the menu for locating a remote controller and be provided with the corresponding service.
- the electronic device 100 may provide the information on the position of the remote controller as a UI screen of various methods as illustrated in FIGS. 8A and 8B .
- a UI 810 which guides the position of the remote controller on a virtual space layout may be provided as illustrated in FIG. 8A
- a UI 820 which provides the approximate position of the remote controller in numerical values with reference to the electronic device 100 may be provided as illustrated in FIG. 8B .
- FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating operations between an electronic device and a peripheral device according to an example embodiment.
- the peripheral device 200 may transmit to the electronic device 100 a reference signal for an audio output (S910). In this case, the peripheral device 200 may enter a recording mode (S920).
- different audio signals may be output through a plurality of speakers (S930).
- the peripheral device 200 may record the audio signals received through a microphone in the recording mode (S940).
- the peripheral device 200 may transmit the information in which the sequentially received different audio signals are recorded to the electronic device 100 (S950).
- the electronic device 100 may determine the position of the peripheral device 200 by analyzing the recording information received from the peripheral device 200 (S960).
- FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating operations between an electronic device and a peripheral device according to another example embodiment.
- the peripheral device 200 may transmit to the electronic device 100 a reference signal for an audio output (S1010).
- the peripheral device 200 may enter a recording mode (S1020).
- different audio signals may be output through a plurality of speakers (S1030).
- the peripheral device 200 may record the audio signals received through a microphone in the recording mode (S1040).
- the electronic device 100 may transmit to the electronic device 100 the time information of the time difference between the time at which the reference signal is received and the time at which the audio signal is output (S1050).
- the peripheral device 200 may determine the position of the peripheral device 200 by analyzing the time information received from the electronic device 100 and the recording information in which the audio signals are recorded (S1060).
- FIGS. 11 and 12 are block diagrams illustrating a configuration of an audio output system including a display device and an external speaker according to an example embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the method for providing an HTS easy setup service for setting the speakers configuring the audio output system 1000' according to an example embodiment.
- audio output system 1000' is configured by arranging the four speakers 1110, 1120, 1130 and 1140 on the right and left with reference to the electronic device 100.
- the electronic device 100 is implemented as a display device, and the peripheral device 200 is implemented as a plurality of speakers.
- the display device 100 may determine whether the connection is properly set by measuring the distance to and the direction of each speaker, and provide a feedback service accordingly. For example, if the leftmost speaker 1110 and the rightmost speaker 1140 are not connected properly, the electronic device 100 may measure the distance between the speakers and the direction of the speakers and provide the notification that the connection is not properly set to a user, or in some cases, the electronic device 100 may automatically change the connection setting. Meanwhile, in the above example embodiment, it may be assumed that a microphone is provided in each speaker, but the embodiment is not limited thereto.
- the technical concept of the present disclosure may be applied with only two speakers and one microphone, and thus, if a microphone is provided in the electronic device 100, the relative positions of the display device 100 and the four speakers 1110, 1120, 1130 and 1140 may be determined based on the audio signal output from each speaker and the position of each speaker.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an audio output system 1000' which is implemented as a home theater system in the living room in the home.
- the home theater system may be an audio output system which allows a user to experience the 3D feeling and the sense of realism using a high quality image and rich audio resources such as Dolby 5.1.
- the home theater system includes a plurality of external speakers which are arranged on the side or on the back with reference to the hearing position, and the plurality of external speakers improves the 3D sound effect.
- the plurality of external speakers are usually configured with a front speaker L, a front speaker R, a center speaker, a rear speaker L, a rear speaker R and a subwoofer, and the basic purpose of the arrangement of the home theater system is to arrange the speakers at the optimal position in the home environment similarly to the arrangement of the speakers in the theater.
- the display device 100 may be configured to include at least two speakers and to output different audio signals, and may be implemented as a smart TV, or the like. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto, and the display device 100 may be implemented by any electronic device which includes at least two speakers.
- the external speaker 200 may be implemented as a speaker including a microphone which can receive an audio signal output from the display device 100, and may be implemented to perform bidirectional communication with the display device 100. However, in some example embodiments, the external speaker 200 may perform unidirectional communication with the display device 100, and the example embodiment will be described later.
- the plurality of speakers 200 may be implemented as surround speakers configuring the home theater system 1000.
- the external speakers 200 may include a front speaker L 200-1, a front speaker R 200-2, a center speaker 200-3, a rear speaker L 200-4, a rear speaker R 200-5, a subwoofer 200-6, a back speaker L 200-7 and a back speaker R 200-8, or the like, and each external speaker 200-1 to 200-8 should be arranged in the proper position according to each function.
- the front speaker L 200-1 and the front speaker R 200-2 may be desirable to arrange the front speaker L 200-1 and the front speaker R 200-2 on the front of a user and to arrange the rear speaker L 200-4 and the rear speaker R 200-5 on the side of a user, and it may be desirable to arrange the speakers to surround a user.
- the home theater system 1000' may be implemented as a home network system which can connect the display device 100 and the plurality of speakers 200-1 to 200-8 as one system and perform bidirectional communication, but is not limited thereto.
- the home theater system 1000' may be implemented by any system in which a plurality of devices can be connected via a network and be control.
- the display device 100 may communicate with a gateway device, a network server, a controller, etc., or may be implemented to include a gateway device, a network server, a controller, etc. and control overall operations of a plurality of devices in the network system.
- each of the external speakers 200-1 to 200-8 should be placed apart from each other and in what direction the speakers should be placed with reference to the display device 100, and also be difficult to know the type of each external speaker 200-1 to 200-8.
- the exact calculation of the current position of each external speaker 200-1 to 200-8 should be preceded to guide the proper position for each speaker, and the position of each external speaker 200-1 to 200-8 may be calculated based on the triangulation using an audio signal as a basic principle.
- different audio may be output through the two speakers provided in the display device 100, and the positions of the external speakers may be identified based on the triangulation according to the process in which different audio is received in each of the external speaker 200-1 to 200-8 which are placed around the electronic device 100, and various UI services for arranging the speakers properly based on the identified positions may be provided.
- various example embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
- FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams illustrating a method for determining a distance to and a direction of an external speaker according to various example embodiments.
- the external speaker 200-7 may calculate distance y 1 that is the distance to a first speaker 111 provided on the left side of the display device 100-1 by multiplying the value calculated by subtracting D2 from D1 L by velocity Vs (e.g., 340m/s) of an audio signal.
- the external speaker 200-7 may also calculate distance y 2 that is the distance to a second speaker 112 provided on the right side of the display device 100-1 by multiplying the value calculated by subtracting D2 from D1 L by the velocity Vs of an audio signal.
- Vs e.g., 340m/s
- the horizontal position of the external speaker 200-7 may be calculated by the triangulation.
- the three elements of the triangle may be determined when the distance y 1 to the first speaker 111 and the distance y 2 to the second speaker 112 are calculated, and the external speaker 200-7 may determine the horizontal position of the external speaker 200-7 by the triangulation.
- the external speaker 200-7 may transmit the information of the determined horizontal position to the display device 100-1.
- the display device 100-2 may include a first microphone 191 and a second microphone 192.
- the first microphone 191 and the second microphone 192 may be configured to receive an audio signal output from the external speakers 200.
- the first microphone 191 and a second microphone 192 may be placed apart from each other with a predetermined distance in the horizontal direction of the electronic device 100-2, and it may be desirable to implement the first microphone 191 to be embedded on the right end of the electronic device 100-2 and to implement the second microphone 192 to be embedded on the left end of the electronic device 100-2.
- the display device 100-2 may output a reference signal, which is a time reference signal, to the external speaker 200-8, and operate in a recording mode.
- the external speaker 200-8 which receives the reference signal may output an audio signal, and transmit to the display device 100-2 the time information of time difference D3 between the time at which the reference signal is received and the time at which the audio signal is output.
- the processor 130 of the display device 100-2 may calculate the distance to and the direction of the external speaker 200-8 with reference to the display device 100-2 based on the value calculated by subtracting D3 from the time difference (D2 R ) between the time at which the reference signal is output and the time at which the audio signal is received through the microphone, that is, D2 R - D3 (D2 R minus D3), and the value calculated by subtracting D3 from the time difference (D2 L ) between the time at which the reference signal is output and the time at which the audio signal is received through the microphone, that is, D2 L - D3 (D2 L minus D3).
- the processor 130 may calculate the distance y 1 that is the distance to the first microphone 191 by multiplying the value calculated by subtracting D3 from D2 R by the velocity value Vs (e.g., 340m/s) of the audio signal.
- the processor may also calculate the distance y 2 that is the distance to the second microphone 191 by multiplying the value calculated by subtracting D3 from D2 L by the velocity value Vs (e.g., 340m/s) of the audio signal.
- the processor 130 may calculate the horizontal position of the external speaker 200-8 by the triangulation.
- the three elements of the triangle may be determined when the distance y 1 that is the distance to the first microphone 191 and the distance y 2 that is the distance to the second microphone 192 are calculated, and the processor 130 may determine the horizontal position of the external speaker 200-8 by the triangulation.
- the electronic device 100 may further include a photographing unit (not illustrated).
- the processor 130 may photograph the external speaker by the photographing unit, and obtain the position information of the external speaker 200 through the image frame in which the photographed external speaker is included.
- the processor 130 may determine the distance and the direction between the electronic device 100 and the external speaker 200 by the obtained position information.
- the external speaker 200 determines the distance to and the direction of the external speaker 200 in FIGS. 13 to 14 , but the processor 130 of the display device 100 may receive the information relating to the time at which the first audio signal and the second audio signal are received and determine the distance to and the direction of the external speaker 200.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram briefly illustrating a configuration of an audio output system according to an example embodiment.
- the audio output system 1000 may be configured with the display device 100 and the external speaker 200.
- the electronic device 100 may include the first speaker 111, the second speaker 112, the communicator 120, the processor 130, the display 140, the storage 150, the audio processor 160 and the video processor 170.
- the external speaker 200 may include the microphone 210, the communicator 220, the processor 230, the audio processor 250 and the speaker 260.
- the detailed description for the elements which are overlapped with the elements illustrated in FIGS. 4A and 4B will not be repeated.
- the external speaker 200 may transmit a reference signal which allows the display device 100 to output an audio signal through the communicator 220.
- the reference signal may be transmitted by an IR communication method or by a Bluetooth communication method.
- the processor 130 of the display device 100 may convert a currently output audio signal into a first audio signal and a second audio signal which have different frequencies through the audio processor 160, and output the first audio signal and the second audio signal using the first speaker 111 and the second speaker 112.
- the audio processor 250 may classify the audio signals as the first audio signal and the second audio signal according to each frequency band.
- the processor 230 of the external speaker 200 may determine the position including the direction of and the distance to the external speaker 200 with reference to the display device 100 using the information of the time at which each audio signal is detected, and transmit the information related to the determined position to the display device 100 through the communicator 220.
- the processor 130 of the display device 100 may display through the display 140 a UI screen which displays the movement information of the external speaker 200 for arranging the external speaker 200 at the target position stored in the storage 150 based on the received information related to the position.
- FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram illustrating an electronic device and an external speaker briefly according to an example embodiment.
- a user may select an easy setup service for installing the audio output system 100 on a UI displayed on the electronic device 100 (S1605).
- the electronic device 100 may output the first audio signal and the second audio signal different from the first audio signal through the first speaker 111 and the second speaker 112 (S1610).
- the electronic device 100 may add to at least one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal a pin code which is based on a sound wave for pairing with the external speaker 200, and transmit the audio signals.
- the system may be converted into a pairing mode (S1620), and the electronic device 100 may be paired with the external speaker 200 as the pin code is automatically input (S1625).
- the electronic device 100 may transmit wireless network connection information including the information of AP of Wi-Fi, etc. to the external speaker 200 (S1630), and the external speaker 200 may set the wireless network based on the received wireless network connection information (S1635).
- the external speaker 200 may calculate the relative position of the external speaker 200 with reference to the electronic device 100 by the triangulation based on the time difference between the time at which the first audio signal is received and the second audio signal is received (S1640).
- the external speaker 200 may transmit the information related to the type and the calculated position of the external speaker 200 to the electronic device 100 (S1645), and the electronic device 100 may determine whether the current position of the external speaker 200 is consistent with the target position based on the information related to the type and the calculated position of the external speaker 200 (S1650).
- the electronic device 100 may display a UI which displays the movement information of the external speaker 200 for arranging the external speaker 200 at the target position, and if the current position of the external speaker 200 is consistent with the target position, the electronic device 100 may display a UI which indicates that the external speaker 200 is arranged at the target position (S1655).
- FIG. 17 is diagram illustrating a process of pairing between an electronic device and an external speaker.
- the electronic device 100 may scan a BT discovery signal (Bluetooth discovery signal) for searching for another Bluetooth device while outputting the first audio signal and the second audio signal different from the first audio signal.
- a BT discovery signal Bluetooth discovery signal
- the electronic device 100 may transmit a Bluetooth hardware device address (BD ADDR) to the external speaker 200-1, and also transmit to the external speaker 200-1 a pin code which is based on a wave sound for Bluetooth connection while outputting the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
- BD ADDR Bluetooth hardware device address
- the other electronic device 300 which does not have authority for pairing may also transmit the BD ADDR to the external speaker 200-1 present inside the home according to the scanning of the BT discovery signal, but the external speaker 200-1 may not receive the audio signal and the pin code based on a wave sound which are output from the other electronic device 300 due to the barrier such as a wall, etc. and accordingly, the pairing with the other electronic device 300 may be prevented.
- the electronic device 100 may transmit an encoded setting value of the electronic device 100 to the external speaker 200-1.
- the electronic device 100 may transmit wireless network connection information, etc. such as the information on the currently connected wireless AP, or the like, to the external speaker 200-1.
- the external speaker 200-1 When the external speaker 200-1 is connected via a wireless network, the external speaker 200-1 may transmit the information on the type and the position of the external speaker 200-1 to the electronic device 100.
- FIGS. 18A and 18B are diagrams illustrating a UI screen which displays the information on the movement of an external speaker according to another example embodiment.
- the processor 130 may display a user interface (UI) screen which displays the movement information of the external speaker 200 for arranging the external speaker 200 at the target position if the position of the external speaker 200 is not consistent with the target position corresponding to the external speaker 200.
- the UI screen may be a screen which displays the determined position of the external speaker 200 and the proper position at which the external speaker 200 should be arranged.
- the UI screen may also be the phrase which guides the direction to which the external speaker 200 should be moved and the distance in which the external speaker 200 should be placed.
- the movement information may include the information on the current position of the external speaker 200 and the information on the target position for arranging the external speaker 200.
- the UI may display a 2D or 3D space layout, and may display the position of the external speaker 200 with reference to the display device 100 in the space layout. If the external speaker 200 is plural, the position of each external speaker 200 may be displayed.
- the space layout is the identification information related to the external speaker 200, and in the space layout, text (e.g., the type of speakers and the information on the left and right) or an image (e.g., the real images, the exterior images or an icon of the speakers) may be displayed.
- the processor 130 may display the position 1831 of the electronic device 100, each target position 1832 to 1836 corresponding to a plurality of external speakers 200-1 to 200-5, respectively, and each of the currently determined positions 1837 to 1841 of the plurality of external speakers 200-1 to 200-5. Accordingly, a user may move the external speakers 200-1 to 200-5 to each target position 1832 to 1836 which corresponds to the external speakers 200-1 to 200-5, respectively, while checking the positions of the plurality of external speakers 200-1 to 200-5 displayed on the electronic device 100.
- the UI displayed on the screen may display arrow-shaped icons 1842 to 1845 for a user to know the movement direction more intuitively.
- the processor 130 may display a UI screen which indicates that the external speaker 200 is positioned at the target position properly as the external speaker 200 is displayed properly.
- the processor 130 may display the phrase, etc. such as "OK", or the like, which indicates that the external speaker 200-5 is positioned at the target position 1836.
- the movement information may also include the information of the direction of and the distance to the target position corresponding to each of the external speakers 200-1 to 200-5.
- the processor 130 may display the message "the left rear speaker needs to be rearranged. Please move the speaker 50cm to the right in 30° direction 1817. Such message may be displayed as illustrated in FIG. 18B , or be displayed in small letters on the lower end of the display 140 on which content is displayed. Accordingly, the electronic device 100 may display the movement information with minimizing the interruption to the content viewing of a user while the user is viewing the content.
- the processor 130 may also output through at least one of the first speaker 111 and the second speaker 112 a voice which guides a user to move each of the external speakers 200-1 to 200-5 to the corresponding target position.
- the processor 130 may control the operations of each of the external speakers 200-1 to 200-5 based on the information on the position of each of the external speakers 200-1 to 200-5. For example, the processor 130 may receive the position information of the first external speaker 200-1 and of the second external speaker 200-2 from the first external speaker 200-1 and the second external speaker 200-2, respectively, through the communicator 120. If it is determined that the second external speaker 200-2 is positioned closer to the target position which corresponds to the first external speaker 200-1 than the first external speaker 200-1, the movement information of the second external speaker 200-2 for arranging the second external speaker 200-2 at the target position corresponding to the first external speaker 200-1 may be provided.
- the processor 130 may transmit a control signal for operating the second external speaker 200-2 as the first external speaker 200-1. Accordingly, the second external speaker 200-2 may operate as the first external speaker 200-1.
- the processor 130 may provide the movement information of the first external speaker 200-1 for arranging the first external speaker 200-1 at the target position corresponding to the second external speaker 200-2, and accordingly, the first external speaker 200-1 may operate as the second external speaker 200-2.
- a UI which displays the movement information for arranging the left rear speaker 200-4 at the target position 1205 corresponding to the right rear speaker 200-5.
- Such UI may be displayed as illustrated in FIG. 18A or in FIG. 18B .
- the processor 130 may transmit to the left rear speaker 200-4 a control signal for operating the left rear speaker 200-4 as the right rear speaker 200-5.
- the message 1900 "the left rear speaker is changed to operate as the right rear speaker” may be displayed.
- the processor 130 may also transmit the movement information for arranging the external speaker 200 at the target position to the external display device connected through the communicator 120 via cable or wirelessly.
- the external display device which receives the movement information may display the UI screen described above, and the effect thereof will be the same as described.
- the movement information may be provided by the external speaker 200.
- the external speaker 200 may determine whether the external speaker 200 is positioned at the target position by itself, and only if it is positioned at the target position, the external speaker 200 may output an alarm sound for a user to know that the external speaker 200 is positioned at the proper position.
- the external speaker 200 may include an LED, and if the external speaker 200 is positioned at the target position, the external speaker 200 may output light of a certain color to the LED. Accordingly, a user may see the light of the LED and know whether the external speaker 200 is positioned at the proper position.
- FIGS. 20 , 21 , 22 and 23 are flowcharts illustrating a control method of an electronic device and a peripheral device according to various example embodiments.
- the electronic device 100 may output a first audio signal and a second audio signal different from the first audio signal through a first speaker and a second speaker (S2010).
- the electronic device 100 may output the first audio signal and the second audio signal through the first speaker and the second speaker.
- the information related to the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received from the peripheral device 200 which receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal (S2020).
- the received information may include the information in which the state that the first audio signal and the second audio signal are sequentially received through a microphone provided in the peripheral device 200 is recorded or the information which includes the information of the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received sequentially.
- the distance to and the direction of the peripheral device 200 may be determined with reference to the electronic device 100 based on the received information (S2030).
- the distance and the direction may be determined based on first time information and second time information which are obtained from the received information and which indicate the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received in the peripheral device, respectively, and third time information which indicates the time difference between the time at which the reference signal is received and the time at which the first audio signal and the second audio signal are output.
- the first speaker and the second speaker may be implemented as the speakers which are arranged on the right and left of the electronic device 100, and in operation S2030, the right side distance may be calculated by multiplying the time difference between the first time information and the third time information by a velocity value of the audio signal, and the left side distance may be calculated by multiplying the time difference between the second time information and the third time information by a velocity value of the audio signal. Also, the distance and the direction may be determined based on the calculated right and left side distances and the distance between the first speaker and the second speaker.
- the electronic device 100 may provide various services based on the position information of the peripheral device 200 obtained by the above-described method.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a peripheral device according to another example embodiment.
- the reception state may be recorded (S2110).
- the peripheral device 200 may output a reference signal to the electronic device 100 and operate in a recording mode and record the reception state of the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
- the first time information and the second time information which indicate the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received, respectively, may be obtained from the information in which the received audio signals are recorded (S2120).
- the distance to and the direction of the peripheral device 200 may be determined with reference to the electronic device 100 based on the obtained first time information and second time information (S2130).
- the peripheral device 200 may receive from the electronic device 100 the third time information of the time difference between the time at which a reference signal is received, and the time at which the first audio signal is output and the time at which the second audio signal is output.
- the distance and direction may be determined based on the first to third time information.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electronic device according to another example embodiment.
- the position information of an external speaker may be received from the external speaker (S2210).
- the electronic device may output the first audio signal and the second audio signal through the first speaker and the second speaker, respectively, and receive the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
- Whether the external speaker is positioned at the target position may be determined based on pre-stored information on the target position corresponding to the external speaker and the received position information (S2220).
- the movement information for arranging the external speaker at the target position may be provided (S2230).
- the movement information may include the information on the current position of the external speaker and the information on the target position for arranging the external speaker.
- the movement information may also include the information on the direction of and the distance to the target position from the external speaker.
- the movement information may be provided by displaying a UI screen which displays the movement information of the external speaker.
- the movement information may also be provided by outputting a voice which guides a user to move the external speaker to the target position through at least one of the first speaker and the second speaker.
- FIG. 23 may be a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electronic device according to an example embodiment.
- the audio signals output from an external speaker through the first microphone and the second microphone may be received (S2310). If the external speakers are plural, the audio signals may be received from the plurality of external speakers in a predetermined order.
- the position of the external speaker may be determined based on the time at which the first microphone receives the audio signal and the time at which the second microphone receives the audio signal (S2320).
- Whether the external speaker is positioned at the target position may be determined based on predetermined information on the target position corresponding to the external speaker (S2330).
- the movement information of the external speaker for arranging the external speaker at the target position may be provided (S2340). If the external speaker is plural, the movement information of the external speaker for arranging the external speaker which currently outputs a current audio signal among the sequentially output audio signals at the corresponding target position may be provided.
- the position of each device may be determined using the electronic device which can output audio and the peripheral device which can receive audio, and the position information may be used in a variety of services. Also, when an ordinary user installs an audio output system such as a home theater, the user can arrange an external speaker at the proper position conveniently without any help from an expert.
- control method of an electronic device and a peripheral device may be implemented by a program, and the program may be provided to a display system.
- the non-transitory computer readable medium in which the program which performs the operation of outputting the first audio signal and the second audio signal different from the first audio signal through the first speaker and the second speaker, the operation of receiving the information related to the time at which the first audio signal is received and the time at which the second audio signal is received from the peripheral device which receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal through the microphone, and the operation of determining the distance to and the direction of the peripheral device with reference to the electronic device based on the received information is stored may be provided.
- a non-transitory computer readable medium may refer to a machine-readable medium or device that stores data semi-permanently and not for a short period of time, such as a register, cache, memory, or the like.
- the specific examples of the non-transitory computer readable medium may be a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), a hard disk, a Blu-ray disc, a universal serial bus (USB) stick, a memory card, a ROM, etc.
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